Key points from article :
Every move counts towards better cardiovascular health.
90,000 healthy participants were followed up for a period lasting over five years.
Recorded the number of first hospital admissions or death caused by cardiovascular disease.
Linear inverse association between moderate, vigorous, total physical activity, and cardiovascular disease incidence.
Strength of the association for the total amount of physical activity was similar to moderate and vigorous physical activity.
Results were similar for men and women, the benefits of vigorous exercise appeared to be particularly strong for women.
Further research is needed on what combination of moderate and vigorous physical activity gives the most benefit.
'Lend further weight to the new WHO guidelines which recommend at least 150 to 300 minutes of moderate to vigorous aerobic activity per week for all adults' - Aiden Doherty, lead author.
Research by the University of Oxford published in the journal PLOS Medicine.
